Post match: Cobblers 0-1 Foxes (friendly)

[Daggers]

[StanSP]

Good 3 points. 

[Daggers]

Ndidi up front?

 

 

[weller54]

Motm.. 

Trialist B. 

[Lambert09]

the unbeaten run begins! Vestergarde to never lose a game in a leicester shirt again! 

Edited 15 July 2023 by Lambert09

[LFox99]

Surely Ndidi is off and was just put there as a body, same with Choudhury

With the way we seem to be playing, I don't see how these defensive midfielders will fit into the squad

[moore_94]

McAteer impressed me in the 2nd half and somehow I thought Ndidi did quite well in that advanced 8 role!

[WigstonWanderer]

Can’t really tell much from a pre-season friendly but we looked quite classy at times. With Vardy, Daka & Iheanacho not firing we still look a bit toothless. Looking forward to the season.

Edited 15 July 2023 by WigstonWanderer

[RoboFox]

Some weird tactics there, but don’t read too much into pre-season games. They’re not really much of an indication of anything.
 

Still don’t think Ndidi is good enough even for the Championship and should be moved on, stat.

[Fox85]

Still early days but looks like very boring football.

 

Defence looks great need possibly 5 attacking players in that have a lot of pace and creativity 

[tom27111]

I met Top 

[SouthStandUpperTier]

Hopefully that match will be kept on YouTube as it will help get me off to sleep during my regular bouts of insomnia.

[TrickyTrevLeftPeg]

Just now, Fox85 said:

Still early days but looks like very boring football.

 

Defence looks great need possibly 5 attacking players in that have a lot of pace and creativity 

Seriously? What exactly are you expecting?. If you want end to end stuff go watch basketball.

 

Implementing a new style takes time but what I saw today was positive and just needs a little creative flair.

 

 

[StanSP]

1 minute ago, tom27111 said:

I met Top 

More like Top met you.

 

He's gone back to his family and it's all he talks about

[Whys it always me]

It was shit football from start to finish. He has 3 weeks to get this lot in shape let’s hope he can. 

[EnderbyFox]

Seeing Danny Ward at the end there…

 

 

[StanSP]

Ndidi playing up top is actually a sly message from Enzo to the board that we need more attacking players

[StriderHiryu]

1 minute ago, LFox99 said:

Surely Ndidi is off and was just put there as a body, same with Choudhury

With the way we seem to be playing, I don't see how these defensive midfielders will fit into the squad

Well he wasn't playing as a CDM, he was playing as a box-to-box number 8. A good comparison would be Henderson or Wijnaldum from the Liverpool team that won the Champions League in 2018. Those players don't need to be incredible on the ball (though it obviously helps) but they need to be the engine of the team to run the high press and turnover the ball. Ndidi's touch and finishing let him down, but he made a lot happen and via those late drives to the box pulled the ball back dangerously a number of times.

 

In this system, I don't think Ndidi should be used as a CDM because he's just not good enough on the ball. As one of the 8's, well with 46 games that's a lot of running to do over the season. Sometimes players are reinvented, look at Granit Xhaka last season for Arsenal or Joelinton for Newcastle.

 

Don't get me wrong I am not heralding this as some kind of second coming for Ndidi, and I think if an offer comes in he will go. But if anything the role he played today quite suited him. You don't need to be as good technically in the Championship as the Premier League.

[Daggers]

1 minute ago, tom27111 said:

I met Top 

She’s checking you out

[South Shire Fox]

Would like to see Daka playing in that first half team instead of being shoehorned out. Vardy wont be playing every game so need different combinations

Edited 15 July 2023 by South Shire Fox

[Fazzer 7]

1 minute ago, Whys it always me said:

It was shit football from start to finish. He has 3 weeks to get this lot in shape let’s hope he can. 

Yep, still giving the ball away school boy error style. 

[FoxFossil]

So what do we feel is our  best starting team with this system?

Seem to just have too many players - 5 or 6 need to go (pick any 5 from second half, plus Ward)

[Scotch]

Just now, FoxFossil said:

So what do we feel is our  best starting team with this system?

Seem to just have too many players - 5 or 6 need to go (pick any 5 from second half, plus Ward)

I'm still not really sure what the system is.... 

[Phenom]

Is a midfield 2 of Winks and KDH in this formation strong and scrappy enough for the Championship?

[jayfox26]

Rodgers out!